plausibility illusion (Psi)

Another way of thinking of this illusion is as the automatic and rapid response from the experiencer to the important question: Is this really happening? If the response is ‘no’ then the illusion is broken.

Psi is determined by the extent to which the system can produce events that directly relate to the participant, and the overall credibility of the scenario being depicted in comparison with expectations.1

…a key component of Psi is that events in the virtual environment over which you have no direct control refer directly to you…2